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The New York State Department of Correctional Services is responsible for the confinement and habilitation of approximately 62,000 inmates held at 69 state correctional facilities plus the 902-bed Willard Drug Treatment Campus and is guided by the Departmental Mission.
Correction Officer Exam Set for Oct. 18

A statewide competitive Civil Service exam for the position of correction officer trainee will be held on October 18, 2008. Applications must be postmarked by September 2, 2008. The exam is administered by the Department of Civil Service, which can be reached at 1-877-697-5627. For additional details, see the press release.
DOCS TODAY Summer 2008 Issue On Line

The Summer 2008 issue of the Department's quarterly newsletter 1,322 KB is now available to view. Previous issues are also available on the "DOCS TODAY" tab on the left-hand column.
Program for Mentally Ill Inmates Could be National Model

A groundbreaking, foundation-funded program aimed at providing individualized programs for mentally ill inmates that could serve as a national model is scheduled to make its debut at Fishkill Correctional Facility this year, with Sing Sing and Bedford Hills Correctional Facilities expected to follow in 2009. The Center for Urban Community Services' “Wellness Self Management” project is detailed in a Center press release.
DOCS Opens Inmate Intake Centers at Albion, Auburn

At the request of the New York State Sheriffs' Association, the Department of Correctional Services has opened inmate intake centers at Albion and Auburn Correctional Facilities. The new centers, which opened on July 7 and 8, 2008, respectively, will save property taxpayers money by reducing the required time and travel for many Sheriff's Offices to deliver to DOCS' custody county jail inmates sentenced to State Correctional Facilities, as detailed in a press release.
DOCS Seeks Partners to Bring More College Courses to Prisons

The Department of Correctional Services held a one-day forum on May 12, 2008 aimed at developing partnerships to bring more college courses to State correctional facilities in an effort to better prepare offenders for productive and responsible lives after prison. Representatives from a variety of institutions of higher education participated in the forum 37 KB.
Corrections Volunteers Build Post-Katrina Playgrounds; Mrs. Bush Visits

Volunteers from the Department of Correctional Services and sister agencies around the country came together recently to rebuild playgrounds for kids of corrections families in neighborhoods hard-hit by Hurricane Katrina, with First Lady Laura Bush visiting the rebuilt Sampson Park in New Orleans to see an example of community partnerships. Willard Drug Treatment Campus Superintendent Mel Williams is leading the New York effort of the North American Association of Wardens & Superintendents' "Make-a-Smile" Project as NAAWS Vice President. Among the DOCS volunteers who participated in rebuilding Sampson Park was Mary L. Carr, Information Technology Specialist 1 in Central Office's Management Information Systems, who wrote about and photographed her experience.
DOCS Seeks VISTA, Community Volunteers to Teach Parenting

The Department of Correctional Services is bringing AmericCorps*VISTA Volunteers into its correctional facilities to coordinate parenting programs for inmates under a grant from VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America). VISTA members are at three men's correctional facilities, and DOCS is looking for additional VISTA members and community volunteers to expand the program to six other men’s prisons and one women’s prison, as detailed in a press release.

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